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HER Number (PRN):	33840
Name:	Site of Atcham Airfield Dispersed Site Number 9, RAF Atcham, Attingham Deer Park
Type of Record:	Monument
Protected Status:	None recorded

Monument Type(s):

DISPERSED SITE (Second World War - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Summary

Subsurface remains of airfield dispersed site.

Parish:	Wroxeter and Uppington, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Shropshire
Map Sheet:	SJ50NE
Grid Reference:	SJ 55642 09669

Related records

21415

Part of: Site of RAF Atcham (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events

ESA8484 - 2015 Management survey of Second World War structures at RAF Atcham by Paul Francis and Paul Bellamy

Description

Atcham WWII Airfield "dispersed site No. 9". Accommodation site spread along S and E edges of Big Egg Coppice. Comprising 25 barrack huts by Nissen with brick ends. 10 latrine buildings, an ablutions block, a drying room and a picket post in 4" brick. 7 concrete air raid shelters. All demolished by 1972. <1>

Described briefly in management/condition survey in 2015. An ‘L’-shaped site no visible remains. <2>

<01a> Milln Jeremy, 1998/ 1995, The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park, 50397 (Field survey report). SSA20940.

<01> National Trust, 2017, National Trust Heritage Records Online, https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA143377 (Webpage). SSA29599.

<02> Francis P and Bellamy P, 2015, Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham, p.53 (Management report). SSA29903.

Sources

[01a]	SSA20940 - Field survey report: Milln Jeremy. 1998/ 1995. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Attingham Park. Nat Trust Rep. 50397.
[01]	SSA29599 - Webpage: National Trust. 2017. National Trust Heritage Records Online. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/home. 15/09/17. https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA143377.
[02]	SSA29903 - Management report: Francis P and Bellamy P. 2015. Management plan: Second World War structures, RAF Atcham. p.53.

Date Last Edited:	Mar 2 2018 2:14PM

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